Biodiversity Hotspots Distribution and Protection of Conservation Priority Areas /

Biodiversity and its conservation are among the main global topics in science and politics and perhaps the major challenge for the present and coming generations. This book written by international experts from different disciplines comprises general chapters on diversity and its measurement, human...

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Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Zachos, Frank E. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Habel, Jan Christian (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011.
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • Global Biodiversity Conservation: The Critical Role of Hotspots
  • Tough Choices – Approaches towards the Setting of Global Conservation Priorities
  • Quantifying Biodiversity – Does It Matter What We Measure?- Human Population and the Hotspots Revisited: a 2010 assessment
  • Plant Diversity in a Changing World: Global Centres and Biome-Specific Trends
  • Genetic Basis of Human Biodiversity: an Update
  • Mediterranean Peninsulas – The Evolution of Hotspots
  • Global Change Effects on Alpine Plant Diversity
  • European Hotspots as Evidenced by the Palaearctic Distribution of Songbirds
  • Patterns and Hotspots of Carabid Beetle Diversity in the Palaearctic – Insights from a Hyperdiverse Invertebrate Taxon
  • A Neglected Diversity Hotspot: Genetic Variation in the Carpathians
  • Conservation in a Biodiversity Hotspot: Insights from Cultural and Community Perspectives in Madagascar
  • The Kingdom of the Frogs – Anuran Radiations in Madagascar
  • Hotspots, Conservation and Diseases: Madagascar’s megadiverse amphibians and the potential impact of chytridiomycosis
  • Impacts of Biofuel Expansion in Biodiversity Hotspots
  • Forests of East Australia: The 35th Biodiversity Hotspot
  • Status and Threats in the Dynamic Landscapes of Northern Australia’s Tropical Rainforest Biodiversity Hotspot: the Wet Tropics
  • Explosive Speciation and Adaptive Radiation of East African Cichlid Fishes
  • Inter- and Intraspecific Biodiversity in Southeast Asian Rodents: New Insights for their Conservation
  • The Amphibians and Reptiles of Sulawesi: Underestimated Diversity in a Dynamic Environment
  • The Brazilian Atlantic Forest: A Shrinking Biodiversity Hotspot
  • Sustainable Development and Conservation of Biodiversity Hotspots in Latin America: The Case of Ecuador
  • When Hotspots Meet: The Galápagos Islands – A Hotspot of Species Endemism Based on a Volcanic Hotspot Centre
  • Hotspots on Global Coral Reefs
  • Biodiversity of a Unique Environment: the Southern Ocean Benthos Shaped and Threatened by Climate Change
  • Biodiversity Hotspots – Concluding Remarks and Perspectives.  .